Thermal and Rheological Study of Nanocomposites, Reinforced with Bi-Phase Ceramic Nanoparticles

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (9) ◽  
pp. 1233-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Saeed Khattak ◽  
Arbab Safeer Ahmad ◽  
Luqman Ali Shah ◽  
Latafat Ara ◽  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this study the synthesis of bi-phase nanoparticles of Fe1.46Zn0.5La0.04Cu0.5O4(FZLCs) ceramics were first carried out by Sol-gel method and then nanocomposites of FZLCs with polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) were prepared by one-pot blending technique. XRD, FT-IR, TG/DTA and SEM techniques were applied for complete characterization of composites. Rheological and dielectric properties of all nanocomposites were studied in detail for their comparative performance. TGA results reveal the highly thermal stability for all nanocomposites in this order i.e. FLZCs/PEO > FLZCs/PVA > FZLCs/PVP > FZLCs/PEG. Rheological properties show that these materials are rigid, pseudo plastic and non-Newtonian in nature. The increase in values for storage modulus (G′) and loss modulus (G′′) with increasing angular frequency owed to the shear thinning behavior of these nanocomposites. Dielectric properties show good agreement to that of energy storage substances which means that these materials have potential to be applied in storage devices.

1996 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ching-Prado ◽  
W. Pérez ◽  
A. Reynés-Figueroa ◽  
R. S. Katiyar ◽  
D. Ravichandran ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThin films of SrBi2Nb2O9 (SBN) with thicknesses of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 μ were grown by Sol-gel technique on silicon, and annealed at 650°C. The SBN films were investigated by Raman scatering for the first time. Raman spectra in some of the samples present bands around 60, 167, 196, 222, 302, 451, 560, 771, 837, and 863 cm−1, which correspond to the SBN formation. The study indicates that the films are inhomogeneous, and only in samples with thicknesses 0.4 μ the SBN material was found in some places. The prominent Raman band around 870 cm−1, which is the A1g mode of the orthorhombic symmetry, is assigned to the symmetric stretching of the NbO6 octahedrals. The frequency of this band is found to shift in different places in the same sample, as well as from sample to sample. The frequency shifts and the width of the Raman bands are discussed in term of ions in non-equilibrium positions. FT-IR spectra reveal a sharp peak at 1260 cm−1, and two broad bands around 995 and 772 cm−1. The bandwidths of the latter two bands are believed to be associated with the presence of a high degree of defects in the films. The experimental results of the SBN films are compared with those obtained in SBT (T=Ta) films. X-ray diffraction and SEM techniques are also used for the structural characterization.


1996 ◽  
Vol 454 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-I. Baraton ◽  
X. Chen ◽  
K. E. Gonsalves

ABSTRACTA nanostructured aluminum nitride powder prepared by sol-gel type chemical synthesis is analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. The surface acidic and basic sites are probed out by adsorption of several organic molecules. Resulting from the unavoidable presence of oxygen, the aluminum nitride surface is an oxinitride layer in fact, and its surface chemistry should present some analogies with alumina. Therefore, a thorough comparison between the acido-basicity of aluminum nitride and aluminum oxide is discussed. The remaining nitrogen atoms in the first atomic layer modify the acidity-basicity relative balance and reveals the specificity of the aluminum nitride surface.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Aguirre Calvo ◽  
Patricio Santagapita

Alginate hydrogels are suitable for the encapsulation of a great variety of biomolecules. Several alternatives to the conventional alginate formulation are being studied for a broad range of biotechnological applications; among them the addition of sugars and biopolymers arises as a good and economic strategy. Sugars (trehalose and β-cyclodextrin), a cationic biopolymer (chitosan), an anionic biopolymer (pectin), and neutral gums (Arabic, guar, espina corona, and vinal gums) provided different characteristics to the beads. Here we discuss the influence of beads composition on several physicochemical properties, such as size and shape, analyzed through digital image analysis besides both water content and activity. The results showed that the addition of a second biopolymer, β-CD, or trehalose provoked more compact beads, but the fact that they were compact not necessarily implies a concomitant increase in their circularity. Espina corona beads showed the highest circularity value, being useful for applications which require a controlled and high circularity, assuring quality control. Beads with trehalose showed lower water content than the rest of the system, followed by those containing galactomannans (espina corona, vinal, and guar gums), revealing polymer structure effects. A complete characterization of the beads was performed by FT-IR, assigning the characteristics bands to each individual component.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 051-056
Author(s):  
A. Nichelson ◽  
S. Thanikaikarasan ◽  
K. Karuppasamy ◽  
S. Karthickprabhu ◽  
T. Mahalingam ◽  
...  

A new type of lithium enriched cathode material Li (Li0.05Ni0.6Fe0.1Mn0.25)O2 was synthesized by sol-gel method with citric acid as a chelating agent. The structural and morphological studies were systematically investigated through X-ray diffraction, SEM with EDS, FT-IR and Raman analyses. The crystallite size of the Li (Li0.05Ni0.6Fe0.1Mn0.25)O2 cathode material was found to be 45 nm thereby leads to the feasible movement of lithium ion all through the material. FT-IR spectroscopy was used to confirm the metal-oxygen interaction in the prepared cathode material. The electrical properties of the Li (Li0.05Ni0.6Fe0.1Mn0.25)O2 cathode material were studied by impedance and dielectric spectral analyzes. Li (Li0.05Ni0.6Fe0.1Mn0.25)O2 showed a maximum ionic conductivity of 10-6 S/cm at ambient temperature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 900-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wang ◽  
Yue Shen ◽  
Xingya Wang ◽  
Zhiwei Shen ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
...  

The detection of local dielectric properties is of great importance in a wide variety of scientific studies and applications. Here, we report a novel method for the characterization of local dielectric distributions based on surface adhesion mapping by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The two-dimensional (2D) materials graphene oxide (GO), and partially reduced graphene oxide (RGO), which have similar thicknesses but large differences in their dielectric properties, were studied as model systems. Through direct imaging of the samples with a biased AFM tip in PeakForce Quantitative Nano-Mechanics (PF-QNM) mode, the local dielectric properties of GO and RGO were revealed by mapping their surface adhesion forces. Thus, GO and RGO could be conveniently differentiated. This method provides a simple and general approach for the fast characterization of the local dielectric properties of graphene-based materials and will further facilitate their applications in energy generation and storage devices.


2013 ◽  
Vol 717 ◽  
pp. 108-112
Author(s):  
Noorzahan Begum ◽  
Md Fazlul Bari ◽  
Salmie Suhana Binti Che Abdullah ◽  
R.A. Khairel ◽  
N. Ahmed

A new solid phase extractant silica aerogel immobilized with Cyanex 301 {bis (2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) dithiophosphinic acid} (SAWC) was prepared via a sol-gel method and investigated for the extraction of Zn (II) from aqueous solution by a batch extraction technique. It is found that SAWC can extract about 100% zinc at equilibrium pH 1.7. Prepared SAWC was characterized by FT-IR, BET, EDX and SEM which proved the presence of Cyanex 301 into silica aerogel. Moreover, the material is also easily regenerated and reused in the subsequent removal of Zn (II) in five cycles. Therefore, it could be concluded that it may perform as a solid phase extractant in the extraction of metal ions from the aqueous solution.


2012 ◽  
Vol 557-559 ◽  
pp. 1501-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zu Zeng Qin ◽  
Zi Li Liu ◽  
Yan Bin Liu ◽  
Rui Wen Liu

The preparation of the Fe-Mo-Ni catalyst using the sol-gel method was investigated. In addition, the catalytic selective oxidations of p-xylene (PX) to terephthalaldehyde (TPAL) on the Fe-Mo-Ni catalyst were also investigated. The catalysts were characterized using thermal analysis, H2-temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), and X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS). The additional of Ni improves the catalytic activity of the Fe-Mo catalyst on selective oxidations of PX to TPAL. The optimal additive amount of Ni is 5%. XPS analysis shows that the introduction of Ni changes the internal structure of the Fe-Mo catalyst improves catalytic performance.


2016 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 480-484
Author(s):  
Nur Izzati Mohd Anuar ◽  
Jeyashelly Andas

Silica extracted from rice husk was used as a support to synthesize the monometallic Ag, Co and bimetallic Ag-Co nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were prepared via a sol-gel method by adding glucose as the reducing agent. The prepared nanoparticles were designated as Ag-NP, Co-NP and AgCo-NP. The successful incorporation of Ag/Co onto the silica surface were evidenced by TEM, FT-IR and DR/UV-Vis analysis. The TEM analysis showed the presence of small spherical shape nanoparticles with an average mean size of 3.18-3.57 nm. Through DR/UV-Vis analysis, the presence of Ag+ and cobalt in the oxidation state of +2 and +3 were confirmed, while FT-IR verified the presence of M-O and Si-O-M+ bond.


Author(s):  
R. Selvaraju ◽  
M. Bhuvaneswari

Calcium stones are most commonly occurring form of cholelithiasis or gallbladder stones most one of the oldest and common afflictions of humans. Calcium phosphate is dissolved minerals in causes of renal to gallbladder stone in both human and animals. Of course, the calcium phosphate is one of the components of gallbladder. Calcium phosphate doped with (Cu and Mg) are crystals are grown by sol-gel method. In the present work the growth and characterization of pure and doped with (Cu and Mg) crystals. The grown crystals were characterization by FT-IR, SEM-EDX and TG/DTA analysis.


Author(s):  
Saifaldeen Muwafag Abdalhadi ◽  
Asmaa Yahya Al-Baitai ◽  
Hazim Abdulrazzaq Al-Zubaidi

In a one-pot reaction, three new 2,3-diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN) derivative dyes were prepared by simple Schiff base reaction. The compounds were designed as a sensitizer in dye synthesizes solar cells (DSSCs). Many conditions have been used to provide the methodology to get the best yield. The prepared dyes were characterized by melting point, elemental microanalysis, mass spectroscopy, FT-IR, 1H-NMR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. A computational study was carried out to support our results. The DSSC data was shown the best performance for SA3 dye with 0.38% efficiency at AM 1.5 then SA2 with 0.22% and the last dye is SA1 with 0.09%, compared to control cell (N719) 5.4%.


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